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Which Olympic Names Will Get the Gold?
A reader named Knud compiled a cool list of the most common first names among this year’s Olympic athletes.
Here are the top male names, followed by the number of athletes with each name:
Michael
Daniel
Peter
Robert
Juan
Carlos
Thomas
Alexander, Christian, Ivan & Jose (tie)
Chris, James, Mark & Martin (tie)
41
40
39
36
34
29
28
26
24
And here are the top female names:
Anna
Olga
Elena
Natalia
Sarah
Tatiana
Irina & Laura (tie)
Ana
Svetlana
42
32
30
28
26
21
20
19
17
The names in boldface are the medalists, of course. :)
Thanks, Knud!